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Debian operating system

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Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. Debian provides more than a pure OS: it comes with over 59000 packages, precompiled software bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine.

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Why is Debian the way it is? (blog.liw.fi)
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[–] UnapologeticAnarchist@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Because

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Its just so debian. Every time I look at it I just can't believe how debian it is.

[–] TheHolm@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

It is not different from pretty much any other distribution. You must tryst your upstream. If distro decided to get root access to a box it is has simpler way to achieve it.